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scip-here

(n.)
Grammar
scip-here, es; m.
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a collection of skips of war, a naval force, a fleet of war Sciphere classis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28; Som. 11, 56: Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 75: classica, ii. 131, 62. Flota, sciphere clasis, 14, 45. Sciphere eów nymþ reducet te Dominus classibus in Aegyptum, Deut.

scult-héta

Similar entry: scyld-hǽta

hege-sugge

(n.)
Grammar
hege-sugge, For nicetula l.
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uicetula

sin-here

(n.)
Grammar
sin-here, gen. -her(i)ges ; m.
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An immense army Besæt sinherge sweorda láfe he besieged the fugitives with an immense army, Beo. Th. 5864 ; B. 2936

stán-hege

(n.)
Grammar
stán-hege, es; m.
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A stone fence, a wall Tó hwý tówurpe ðú his stán-hege quid destruxisti maceriam ejus, Ps. Lamb. 79, 13

unfriþ-here

(n.)
Grammar
unfriþ-here, es; m.

A hostile armyan army that is carrying on hostilities

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A hostile army, an army that is carrying on hostilities Com se ungemetlíca unfriðhere tó Sandwíc, Chr. 1009; Erl. 142, 16. On ðissum geáre wæs ðet gafol gelǽst ðam unfriðehere, 1007; Erl. 141, 13

be-héfe

(n.)
Grammar
be-héfe, es; m.
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Dele

be-héfe

(adj.)
Grammar
be-héfe, adj.
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Add: useful, needful Behéfe ( utilis ) ic eom eal-lum folce, Coll. M. 26, 25. Cræft behéfe and neódþearf ars utilis et necessaria, 27, 27: 18, 16. Sibling þé swá behéfe swá ðín hand, Hml. Th. i. 516, 15. Mé þingð behéfe þing ꝥ ic gecýðe, Angl. viii.

deór-hege

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Deórhege heáwan, Angl. ix. 262, 8. Add

eorþ-hele

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A covering of the ground(?) Wæs þæt deáw swilce hit hagoles eorðhele wǽre the dew was as if there were a covering of hail upon the ground; ros jacuit. . . in similitudinem pruinae super terram, Ex. 16, 14. Substitute:

hand-hefe

(n.)
Grammar
hand-hefe, es; m. l. hand-hæf. es; n.
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and add Hondhafum, Lk. R. 11, 46

here-beácen

a war-signala beaconan ensigna lighthouse

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Substitute: a war-signal (lit. or fig.) Herebaecon, -bécon, -bénc simbulum, Txts. 96, 919. Herebǽcun, 101, 1971. Hé sealde háligra fædera herebeácen him, id est, credo sanctorum patrum tradidit symbolum, Bd. 4, 17; Sch. 432, 4. a beacon: Úpstandende

here-fong

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Herefong ossifragus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 63, 69. Herbfong osigragus, Hpt. 33, 241, 66. Add

here-gang

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capture and devastation made by an army: Hé ofslóh þone cing and þá mǽgðe mid grimmum wale and heregange ábrtæc interfecit regem, ac prouinciam illam saeua caede ac depopulatione attriuit, Bd. 4, 15; Sch. 423, 8. Seó feórðe yld is geteald of Dauide tó

here-gild

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Add: tax levied to provide money to buy of the Danes (v. here; I. 2 c ¶ l) On þan ylcan geáre áléde Eádweard cyng ꝥ heregyld ꝥ Æþelréd cyng ǽr ástealde, Chr. 1052; P. 173, 18. Ic ðat só fele síðe só men gildeð hire gilde tó heregilde, C. D. vi. 205,

hefe-full

(adj.)
Grammar
hefe-full, adj.

Grievous

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Grievous Sý hé ána wuniende mid dǽdbóte and hefefulre hreówesunge solus sit persisiens in poenitentie luctu, R. Ben. 49, 18

hege-clife

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Reád clǽfre . . . hegeclife, Lch. ii. 312, 20: iii. 12, 30. Hegeclifan leáf, 58, 27. Genim hegeclifan, ii. 54, 8. Add:

hege-þorn

(n.)
Grammar
hege-þorn, (?)

hawthornhaythorn

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hawthorn, haythorn (v. N. E. D. hawthorn). The word seems to occur in the compound hegeðonhyrs (l. (?) hegeðornhyrst), C. D. i. 261, 8

Linked entry: þorn

heard-héwe

(n.)
Grammar
heard-héwe, heard-híwe.

Linked entry: -heáwe

here-láf

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Se cynincg féng tó friðe wið hí . . . Hé cyrde ðá hámwerd mid his hereláfe, Hml. S. 25, 592. Add